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Check out the creative work in Ms. Kuhn's 4th Grade class as students elaborately built "longhouses" out of construction paper and their desks. The landscape included rivers, mountains and land in between, as well as families and a fire for warmth inside. Great job, students!
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Happy International Students Day to all of our amazing scholars at Cairo-Durham CSD! We are so grateful for you and enjoy watching you shine!
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Students expressed their #gratitude for Ms. Drexler and Ms. Clearly in the main office by giving them heartfelt cards and notes. Thank you ladies for all your hard work. You keeping our school moving everyday! #positivityinaction
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Cairo-Durham Elementary School is hosting a Thanksgiving Food Drive until Monday, Nov. 21. Non-perishable items can be dropped off in the main lobby of CDES.
All donations will be shared with families in need.
Parents/Guardians can also send in items with their student(s) to school or bring items themselves when attending Parent-Teacher Conferences on Nov. 17.
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Sarah Hasbrook, Cairo-Durham Elementary School's Resource Room teacher, collaborated with Miss Wagor's class to teach an OG(Orton-Gillingham) lesson.
Two of Miss Wagor's students, Jaxon and Anthony, see Mrs. Hasbrook daily to work on phonics skills. This time, these two students became the co-teachers and had the opportunity to teach their class what they have learned so far this year! Way to go, Jaxon and Anthony!
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Two more students earned pie with the principal with their Mustang money. Thanks for a great time Kira and Lilyanna! #proudprincipal
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Cairo-Durham Elementary School is hosting a Thanksgiving Food Drive starting today, Nov. 15, until Monday, Nov. 21. Non-perishable items can be dropped off in the main lobby of CDES.
All donations will be shared with families in need
Parents/Guardians can also send in items with their student(s) to school or bring items themselves when attending Parent-Teacher Conferences on Nov. 15 and Nov. 17.
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Happy School Related Professionals Day to all of our amazing SRPs who make up Cairo-Durham CSD. Thank you for all you do!
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You know it’s getting closer and closer to Thanksgiving when the disguised turkeys show up! Love the creativity!
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Wishing all of the brave and courageous individuals who have served our country a Happy Veterans Day!
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Reminder: No school tomorrow, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day!
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Mr. Stein had a great time with Jano today! He selected pie with the principal as his reward for Mustang money. Way to go Jano! #proudprincipal #positivityinaction
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Take a look at the schedule for Spirit Week at CDES for Nov. 14-18!
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More and more students are earning rewards with their Mustang money. Students are enjoying lunch with a friend or sibling, time with Mac, or helping in the office. Keep up the great work!
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Four CDES students stopped by to visit Superintendent Wetherbee and the District Office for their fundraiser of selling candy bars to support the purchase of necessary supplies for those in poverty and in need! Way to go, students!
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For the past few weeks, Miss Wagor’s 5th grade class has been reading several science texts and working to determine the central idea and key details of each text.
Students began with a short excerpt on the moon, followed by a lesson on identifying constellations. The scholars had the opportunity to create their own constellations with spaghetti and marshmallows.
Next, students read how Pluto stopped being a planet. Students identified a key detail to support this claim, such as how a planet has to clear its neighborhood of smaller objects around its orbit to be considered a planet, which Pluto failed to do.
Lastly, students read about how stars explode and included details leading up to the event. In conclusion, students were assigned a planet and a group where they conducted research on their planet. Then, they each created their own paper mache planets with flour, newspaper, water, paint, and hot glue!
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The Rotarians of the Cairo-Durham Rotary Club recently handed out dictionaries to the third grade! Thank you for your kind donation!
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The Cairo Rotary Club donated a dictionary for every 3rd grader at CDE. Yesterday the Rotarians came and distributed the dictionaries and showed students how to use them. Thanks to our local Rotary for supporting our students and education!
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Students are working hard to gain Mustang Money and earn something special. This includes reading to a class, lunch with a friend or sibling, extra recess, and many others. Keep up the great work Mustangs!
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Take a look at some of the awesome costumes from yesterday's Halloween Parade at Cairo-Durham Elementary School!
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